The Scale Model Thread

This is a discussion on The Scale Model Thread within Shifting gears, part of the Around the Corner category; Manish, your photography is getting better.
I ran out of patience and sold off my Nikon 3000D. It was a ...

I ran out of patience and sold off my Nikon 3000D. It was a wrong choice, I should have chosen the Canon D1000 over it as it the "live view" function which is useful.

Now that I have got an Olympus SP 610UZ, it is much easier and results too are ok (if not very good).

Some days back, I shot my latest entrant whose images have been posted earlier. This Auto Art BMW 2002 procured from Automania, Mumbai is very well detailed and like your MGB and your Mercedes, is an excellent subject to photograph. Here are some more images of the BMW 2002...

Flomtsam: Classy monster truck. I have a similar TEREX one by Tomica in 1:87 scale. Tomica was available in 1995-96 and their entire line-up of 1:87 scale cars, trucks, earthmovers, etc was well detailed and finished.

Manish, that stuff tied to the bumper are rubber pieces, possibly to absorb impact in the event of an accident. The actual car also has these and Auto Art has replicated them beautifully.

Now on to some news I came across recently: I was planning to procure an Auto Art BMW M3 Cecotto edition in red since the past couple of months and had almost bought it when I noticed that the front wheels could not be steered by the steering, they could be steered by manually. I checked all the M3 pieces that were available, all were the same. Strange. Auto Art is scaling new heights as far as cost cutting is concerned. Even the red paint job on the M3 was of inferior quality and was not at all worth the Rs. 6000/-+ price.

For me the M3 is a very important car: it was one of the 100 most important cars of the last centuary and a must-have to any genuine collector.

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Now on to some news I came across recently: I was planning to procure an Auto Art BMW M3 Cecotto edition in red since the past couple of months and had almost bought it when I noticed that the front wheels could not be steered by the steering, they could be steered by manually. I checked all the M3 pieces that were available, all were the same. Strange. Auto Art is scaling new heights as far as cost cutting is concerned. Even the red paint job on the M3 was of inferior quality and was not at all worth the Rs. 6000/-+ price.

For me the M3 is a very important car: it was one of the 100 most important cars of the last centuary and a must-have to any genuine collector.

The issue with M3 was unknown to me, I don't care / like the modern stuff.

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Originally Posted by Ashley2

Guys, any place in chennai where I can get a good collection of SM's.
I have no much option other than LandMark. Kinldy help me!!

Unfortunately you don't have much option, Landmark in Spencers plaza is what used to have some decent models. There is a book / toy shop in Adyar who used to stock some decent scale models (I think it is odyssey).

The only issue now a days we don't see any great stuff there.

You can buy online. Firstcry.com stocks lot of welly stuff and with free shipping it's a good choice. I bought from them, nice.

For Sunstar, Autoart, Welly, Bburago, Maisto and other stuff - try dreamcarmodels.com - I bought from him too, nice chap to deal with.

For serious stuff - check with Automania and Gif centre in Mumbai. Model art (Creative Education) bangalore are the Dealers of Autoart model.

Now on to some stuff.

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Reason: Edited quoted post. Thanks for pointing out the right route for raising such concerns.

The time period of modifying my post had passed its limit and therefore could not modify the same. Any way here it is

Did an impromtu photoshoot for the scooters. The setup includes a whiite background, two CFLl table lamps and a big improvement of a 35 watt CFL with 2400 lumen rating, this was in a white round paper lamp shade to get a diffused lighting.
All praises if any should go to Ravi aka Diecast. A big thanks to him for the suggestion. Still nee to fine tune the setup.

P.S.: All the pictures are with automatic settings and no flash. Only the last picture is with Aperture - 22 and exposure - 1 sec. Rest all is same.

Unfortunately you don't have much option, Landmark in Spencers plaza is what used to have some decent models. There is a book / toy shop in Adyar who used to stock some decent scale models (I think it is odyssey)...

Yes, Its Odyssey only. But there is no much of collections there.
Any reliable site that sells Commercial Vehicles and Construction equipments - both RC and Non RC.

Any reliable site that sells Commercial Vehicles and Construction equipments - both RC and Non RC.

rc construction equipments but not in proper scale can be had any where. for proper diecast model contact gift centre who has caterpillar models too apart trucks and busses. automania too have trucks and busses. for caterpillar models in chennai go to gmmco limited 6 gst road st. thomas mount. they have a merchandise store tough they carry limited stuff only.

Did some photography of the Mercedes #722 SLR . The pictures have not come out as expected. But nevertheless here they are. Hope you guys like it. This was my second 1:18 purchase in 2006.

Nice photography. Is the SLR Bburago??
Your scooters look cute in the group.

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Originally Posted by AmarPaithankar

Some days back, I shot my latest entrant whose images have been posted earlier. This Auto Art BMW 2002 procured from Automania, Mumbai is very well detailed and like your MGB and your Mercedes, is an excellent subject to photograph. Here are some more images of the BMW 2002...